Average Error: 14.7 → 0.2
Time: 2.1s
Precision: binary64
\[\frac{\left(x \cdot 2\right) \cdot y}{x - y} \]
↓
\[\frac{1}{\frac{0.5}{y} - \frac{0.5}{x}} \]
\frac{\left(x \cdot 2\right) \cdot y}{x - y}
↓
\frac{1}{\frac{0.5}{y} - \frac{0.5}{x}}

(FPCore (x y) :precision binary64 (/ (* (* x 2.0) y) (- x y)))
↓
(FPCore (x y) :precision binary64 (/ 1.0 (- (/ 0.5 y) (/ 0.5 x))))
double code(double x, double y) {
	return ((x * 2.0) * y) / (x - y);
}
↓
double code(double x, double y) {
	return 1.0 / ((0.5 / y) - (0.5 / x));
}

Error

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Target

Original14.7
Target0.4
Herbie0.2
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;x < -1.7210442634149447 \cdot 10^{+81}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot x}{x - y} \cdot y\\ \mathbf{elif}\;x < 83645045635564430:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{x \cdot 2}{\frac{x - y}{y}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{2 \cdot x}{x - y} \cdot y\\ \end{array} \]

Derivation

  1. Initial program 14.7

    \[\frac{\left(x \cdot 2\right) \cdot y}{x - y} \]
  2. Using strategy rm

  3. Applied clear-num_binary6414.8

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{x - y}{\left(x \cdot 2\right) \cdot y}}} \]

  4. Simplified0.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{y} - \frac{0.5}{x}}} \]
  5. Using strategy rm

  6. Applied *-un-lft-identity_binary640.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{0.5}{y} - \frac{0.5}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot x}}} \]

  7. Applied *-un-lft-identity_binary640.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{0.5}{y} - \frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot 0.5}}{1 \cdot x}} \]

  8. Applied times-frac_binary640.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{0.5}{y} - \color{blue}{\frac{1}{1} \cdot \frac{0.5}{x}}} \]

  9. Applied *-un-lft-identity_binary640.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{0.5}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot y}} - \frac{1}{1} \cdot \frac{0.5}{x}} \]

  10. Applied *-un-lft-identity_binary640.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{1 \cdot 0.5}}{1 \cdot y} - \frac{1}{1} \cdot \frac{0.5}{x}} \]

  11. Applied times-frac_binary640.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{1} \cdot \frac{0.5}{y}} - \frac{1}{1} \cdot \frac{0.5}{x}} \]

  12. Applied distribute-lft-out--_binary640.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{1} \cdot \left(\frac{0.5}{y} - \frac{0.5}{x}\right)}} \]

  13. Final simplification0.2

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{0.5}{y} - \frac{0.5}{x}} \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2021207 
(FPCore (x y)
  :name "Linear.Projection:perspective from linear-1.19.1.3, B"
  :precision binary64

  :herbie-target
  (if (< x -1.7210442634149447e+81) (* (/ (* 2.0 x) (- x y)) y) (if (< x 83645045635564430.0) (/ (* x 2.0) (/ (- x y) y)) (* (/ (* 2.0 x) (- x y)) y)))

  (/ (* (* x 2.0) y) (- x y)))